Tag: partnership

The Christian life, and the road of recovery, both involve a collaborative effort of partnership with God. It’s neither aggressive nor passive, but assertive.

Prayer is an essential component of this assertive way of life. In prayer, there is both the real dependence on the unlimited sovereign power of God, and at the same time the real commitment to our limited but real efforts in obedience.

We see this in the Lord’s Prayer and the Serenity Prayer:

In the Lord’s Prayer, it is God whose name is hallowed, whose kingdom comes, who gives bread, and guides us. But it is us who offer the hallowing, commit to doing his will, and forgiving those who trespass against us, etc.

In the Serenity Prayer, it is God who gives the Serenity, Courage and Wisdom. But it is us who commit to accepting the unchangeable, changing the changeable, and seeking to know the difference.